The car itself isn't brand new, but it's new to our family! We've given names to all of our family vehicles and this one's no different. My old car was Suzie the Suzuki, and we call our Jeep Commander Jasper. Now meet...
Vick the V-Dub!
Vick the V-Dub!
We got a sweet deal on this car from a co-worker of mine who is PCSing back to the states. We officially took ownership of the car last Thursday. It's a 2000 VW Polo and if you were to drive down the autobahn at any given time, on any day, just about every other car you pass (or that passes you) is one of these. Our Jeep Commander is a nice vehicle, but people stare at us all the time in that big hunk of a truck while out on the roads. I mean, it just screams American. Now we fit right in!
What's nice is that this car will take us from A to B and not guzzle gas. What's nice is that we'll be able to park with ease when going downtown or through small towns. What's nice is that Malu can drive this car to drill leaving Sina and I with another vehicle to get around in (which would have been nice for last month's drill when Sina and I got stuck in a rainstorm, waiting on a bus to take us from Panzer back to Patch).
Some negatives...it's a stick shift and only Malu can drive it at this point. So it's truly just his car right now. He is dead-set on teaching me how to drive it though. We shall see about that. The back two windows are manual. Haven't had to use those for a while. It has a tape deck--no CD player or MP3 connections. And it's small...really small.
But it works! And it has A.C.! And we tested it out this weekend and drove it to the Hohenzollern Castle. Made it without any problems.
Aren't they cute together?
If you dared him to, Malu would pick that thing up and move it down the street. That's how compact it is.
Well, welcome to the familia, Vick! We're gonna drive you silly!
